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Bitarafan L, Kazemi M, Yousefi Afrashte M. Relationship Between Styles of Attachment to God and Death Anxiety Resilience in the Elderly. Salmand: Iranian Journal of Ageing 2018; 12 (4) :446-457
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Relationship Between Styles of Attachment to God and Death Anxiety Resilience in the Elderly
Leila Bitarafan1 , Mahmoud Kazemi1 , Majid Yousefi Afrashte * 2
1- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran.
2- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran. , mjduosefi@gmail.com
Keywords: Attachment to God, Resilience, Death anxiety, Elderly.
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1. Objectives
The elderly belonged to the growing social groups that have become increasingly important with regard to the population pyramid. Aging is a process associated with profound transformations in physiological, psychological and sociological dimensions of humans [1]. One of the important areas of health in the elderly is the psychological dimension that requires special attention so as to prevent disorders such as anxiety [2]. Anxiety is one of the most common problems of aging because this period is associated with feelings of deficiency and disability [3]. In such a situation, attachment to God and resilience can play decisive role in prevention and reduction of psychological disorders. Therefore, considering the importance of death anxiety, especially its incidence during the aging period, the present study aimed to investigate the simple and multiple relationships between styles of attachment to God and resilience with death anxiety in the elderly people in Zanjan City.
2. Methods & Materials 
The present study is a correlational-descriptive (regression analysis) research in which the variables of resilience and attachment to God were considered as predictors and the death anxiety as the criterion variable. The study population included all older adults in Zanjan City in 2016-2017 who were aged over 65 years. A total of 242 people were selected by available sampling method, and the purpose of the study was explained to them. After obtaining informed consent, the questionnaires were distributed among the participants. Of them, 11 questionnaires were excluded due to incomplete cooperation and misunderstanding of the questionnaire, and the data of 231 subjects were analyzed. The paper was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Zanjan. 
The ethical considerations considered in this study included the following topics: 1. the research participants were assured that their information would be preserved; and 2. the score was provided to those who would like to be informed. The tools used in this study were as follows: Templer death anxiety scale, Beck and McDonald’s Attachment to God Inventory, and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale. Finally, the data collected were analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis using SPSS18.
3. Results 
Based on the descriptive findings of the study, attention to God had the highest mean (21.07) and standard deviation (8.51), while trust in God had the lowest mean (14.36) and standard deviation (3.47). Also, the means and standard deviations of the total attachment to God were 70.93 and 19.28, total resilience were 53.94 and 16.48, and death anxiety were 9.78 and 3.27, respectively.
Table 1 shows the simple correlation coefficient between attachment to God, resilience and death anxiety. As shown in Table 1, all predictors have a significant negative relationship with death anxiety. The correlation between attention to God and death anxiety was -0.56, between trust versus distrust and death anxiety -0.65, between trust in God and death anxiety -0.53, between relationship with God and death anxiety -0.66, between total attachment to God and death anxiety -0.61, and finally between resilience and death anxiety was -0.51; all of which are significant at the level of 0.01.
In order to investigate the predictive role of attachment to God and the resilience in the dependent variable, the stepwise regression was used. The results of this analysis are as follows: The findings indicate that the values of regression coefficients in terms of predictability are β=-0.38 (P=0.01) for relationship with God, β=-0.27 (P=0.01) for trust in God, β=-0.30 (P=0.01) for trust against distrust, β=-0.22 (P=0.01) for resilience, and β=-0.28 (P=0.01) for attention to God (-0.28). Also, about 64% of the variance of death anxiety has been explained by predictor variables.
4. Conclusion 
The results showed that the higher the level of resilience and attachment to God in the elderly, the less is the death anxiety. Regarding the last stage of the psychosocial development of Ericsson, which relates to the age and focuses on the reflection of past activities, those who fail at this stage will feel that their lives have been lost and will regret the past. In this case, the person is facing a sense of frustration and disappointment. Those who are proud of their past achievements in life will have a sense of integrity and identity. These people are those who even feel wise in the face of death. Therefore, they experience less death anxiety. According to the research findings, it is suggested to consider conducting training of necessary skills about resilience and belief in God for the elderly in elderly care centers.
Acknowledgments
This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.

 
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Psychology
Received: 2017/06/04 | Accepted: 2017/09/19 | Published: 2018/01/01
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48. Viana AG, Rabian B. Perceived attachment: Relations to anxiety sensitivity, worry, and GAD symptoms. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2008; 46(6):737–47. doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.002 [DOI:10.1016/j.brat.2008.03.002]
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